Eagles Day After: Chip Kelly says Foles becoming real deal

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) runs off the field after win over the Chicago Bears at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The Eagles defeated the Bears, 54-11. (Times Staff / ERIC HARTLINE)

PHILADLEPHIA – Saying his players are products of their experiences, Eagles head coach Chip Kelly applauded the progress of quarterback Nick Foles, who sparked the Eagles to a 54-11 Sunday night blowout of the Chicago Bears.

Kelly sees a much more finished product in Foles, who set a club record completing 84 percent of his passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns against the Bears, than the guy knocked out in the third quarter after going 0-for-8 in a 17-3 the loss to the Dallas Cowboys this season. The teams get it on Sunday night in Dallas for the NFC East title.

“I think it was Nick’s second or third game playing,” Kelly said. “He’s got a lot more reps in there and people are getting comfortable and understand the situation. I just think the experience factor is a lot different than when we played them earlier in the season.”

Foles has a 126.6 passer rating in the last seven games, the highest by an Eagle in such a span.

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Foles has a rating of 100 or more eight times this season. Only Donavan McNabb has more as he did the job in nine straight games during the 2004 Super Bowl season with Terrell Owens.

Kelly said his post-game “We’re from Philadelphia, we fight” line was the same answer he got from NBC sideline reporter Michelle Tafoya when she asked at halftime if he would rest starters in the second half.